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White House weighing executive action to spur data centers

President Joe Biden’s administration is considering executive action to fast-track the construction of data centers key to artificial intelligence — with potentially much looser environmental constraints, two people familiar with the discussions said December 10.

The exact nature of the action is still under discussion, the people said. They said the White House was discussing using the Defense Production Act, which gives the president broad emergency powers, to achieve its goal.

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